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    <h1>Salty Chocolate Chunk Cookies</h1>
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        <td>1&frac12; c all-purpose flour</td>
        <td rowspan="4" colspan="2">whisk</td>
        <td rowspan="11">blend</td>
        <td rowspan="12">fold</td>
        <td rowspan="13">bake 10&ndash;12 minutes at 375&deg;F</td>
        <td rowspan="13">cool on rack</td>
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        <td>1 t baking powder</td>
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        <td>&frac12; t kosher salt</td>
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        <td>&frac14; t baking soda</td>
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        <td>&frac12; c unsalted butter, room temperature</td>
        <td rowspan="4">beat</td>
        <td rowspan="7">beat</td>
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        <td>&frac34; c packed light brown sugar</td>
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        <td>&frac12; c white sugar</td>
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        <td>&frac14; c powdered sugar</td>
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        <td>2 large egg yolks</td>
        <td rowspan="3" class="righthide">beat</td></tr>
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        <td>1 large egg</td>
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        <td>1 t vanilla extract</td>
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        <td>8 oz coarsely chopped semisweet or bittersweet chocolate</td>
        <td colspan="3" class="righthide">&nbsp;</td>
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        <td>flaky sea salt</td>
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      <li>Place racks in upper and lower thirds of oven. Preheat oven to 375&deg;F.</li>
      <li>Whisk flour, baking powder, kosher salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl.</li>
      <li>Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter, brown sugar, sugar, and powdered sugar until light and fluffy, 3&ndash;4 minutes.</li>
      <li>Add egg yolks, egg, and vanilla. Beat, occassionally scraping down the sides of the bowl, until mixture is pale and fluffy, 4&ndash;5 minutes.</li>
      <li>Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add dry ingredients, mixing just to blend.</li>
      <li>Using a spatula, fold in chopped chocolate.</li>
      <li>Spoon rounded tablespoonfuls of cookie dough on to 2 parchment paper-lined baking sheets, spacing 1&Prime; apart.</li>
      <li>Sprinkle cookies with sea salt.</li>
      <li>Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until just golden brown around the edges, 10&ndash;12 minutes (the cookies will firm up as they cool).</li>
      <li>Cool slightly on racks.</li>
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    <p>Makes 24 cookies</p>
    <p class="confession">Stolen from  <i>Holiday Entertaining</i> Cond&eacute; Nast special edition, Fall/Winter 2013</p>
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